Nehemiah 9:1-14 ▼

1 And on the twenty-fourth day of this month the sons of Israel were assembled with fasting, and in sackcloth, and with dust on their heads.

2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all the sons of a foreigner, and they stood and confessed concerning their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

3 And they stood up in their place and read from the Book of the Law of YHWH their God for a fourth of the day, and a fourth they confessed and bowed low to YHWH their God.

4 And there stood on the ascent, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and they cried out in a loud voice to YHWH their God.

5 And the Levites said—Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah: “Rise and bless YHWH your? God from forever even to forever! And blessed be the name of your glory, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.

6 You are He, YHWH, You alone; You have made the heavens, the heavens of the heavens, and all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them, and You give life to all things, and the host of the heavens gives worship to You.

7 You are He, YHWH, the God who chose Abram and brought him out from Ur of the Chaldeans, and you set his name to be Abraham.

8 And You found his heart faithful before You, and You cut with him a covenant to give him the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite and the Girgashite, to give it to his seed. And You made stand Your words, for You are righteous.

9 And You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and their cry You heard at at the Red Sea.

10 And You gave forth signs and wonders against Pharaoh, and against all his servants, and against all the people of his land. For You knew that they seethed against them, and You made for Yourself a name as it is this day.

11 And You divided the sea before them, and they passed over in the midst of the sea on the dry land. And those pursuing them You threw into the depths, like a stone into mighty waters.

12 And by a pillar of cloud You led them by day, and by a pillar of fire by night, to give light for them, on the way that they should walk in it.

13 And upon Mount Sinai You came down and spoke with them from the heavens, and You gave to them straight ordinances and true instructions, good statutes and commandments.

14 And the Sabbath of Your holiness You made known to them, and the commands and statutes and instructions You commanded to them by the hand of Moses Your servant.